Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.

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• Tony Abbott:

  The truth is I try to take people as I find them.

• Tony Abbott:

  I have close family members as well as lots of close friends who are gay. Many of them strongly sup

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  I think that marriage is, dare I say it, between a man and a woman, hopefully for life and there ar

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